Böning Newsletter 12-2010

CAN-USB-Converter AHD-CUC
By means of CAN-USB-converter unit AHD-CUC, external PC-systems, whose video sources are
connected to Böning 10“ bis 19“ colour displays for visualization, can be controlled by operating
elements of Böning display control panel AHD-DC, AHD-DRM R und AHD-DRM T. The presented
scheme shows an application for control of the Furuno NavNet 3D navigation system.
Multiple external PC-systems may be integrated each by an individual AHD-CUC unit. By means of a
configuration software, mouse and keyboard commands are assigned to operating elements (keys,
push drive resp. trackball) of display control panels, which are transmitted then via standard USBinterface
to the external PC.
The assignment of control commands is free configurable and by that, the required control of the
external PC can be adapted individually. Furthermore, it is also defined by configuration software, to
which interface (DVI, VGA, FBAS) of Böning colour displays the video source of the external PCsystem
is connected to. This configuration allows the automatic activation of command transmission at
selection of appropriate signal source of the colour display.
Up to eight colour displays can be individually preconfigured (default setting: DVI). The selection of the
colour display and its signal source (interface) is performed on display control panel resp. on display.
The CAN-USB-converter units AHD-CUC as well as all colour displays and display control panel are
connected to the same control CAN bus (CAN5-interface resp. CAN-interface on monitors).
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